Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-12-29
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.

The students Of the senior class of the
State University will henceforth go clad In
caps and gowns after the Oxford fashion.
Lyman Thompson, farmer, living
near Schoolcraft, while tearing down an
old mill, was crushed by piece of falling
timber.
The ladies' library of Jonesvile owns
two thousand books and $3.50 in cash.
building will probably be erected for its
use.
The Adrian Athletic association will
organize foot ball team aud base ball
nine, and arrange for various athletic
sports.
Rev. j. Brock, pastor of the Third
Reformed Church at Holland, who receiv-
ed call from Cedar Grove, Wis, and
which it was feared by the greater part of
the congregation he would accept, surpris-
ed and gratifed them by declining.
Brandon Township, Oakland County, was
recently found dead under load of lum-
Der. He started for home with the load on
Saturday evening. He drove upon an en-
bankment at the side of Burdick street,
overturning the load upon himself.
The Lapeer Clarion says a resident
of Oregon Township drove TO the Lapeer
County Poor House his father, aged IS
years. and set him down in front of tho
door at midnight on one Of the coldest
nights of last week. The Superintendent
Of the Poor House sent the old man hack
to his unnatural son.
The Greenville Democrat says bust.
ness man of that place not long since had
occasion TO write to a gentlemen who ev;-
IDENTIFY had few correspondents. The en-.
velope had the usual Return IN ten DAYS
TO -, Greenville, Mich.," on it. In
about ten days the letter came bace to him,
accompanied by scrawling note, tho
writer saying that no had returned the let
ter according to request on the envelope,
though he "didn't see why he was so all
fired particular about having it sent back"
Farmer Charles Dittrich, living near
Mount Clemens, had COW die in a very
remarkable way. The animal was fed,
milked as usual in the morning, driven out
along with the rest of the herd at the Gus
tcmary time for water, and to all appear
ances was just as well. His stock drink at
n stream which runs near the barn. The
cattle waded into the stream and drank
and then all returned but this particular
COW, which seemed to indulge longer than
the rest -Aftera sufficient tune had dalanfad-
the creature, and nnaliy the boy waded out
and took her by the horns to lead her out.
when he discovered that she was stone dead
and standing up as natural as life.
Mysterious operations have been no.
ticed in the home of one of Cadillacs prom
inent Swedish business men. Various ar
ticles of clothing have been found with
great holes cut or otherwise made in them
without reference to the age of the goods.
Careful examination and watch revealed nc
cause or any possible clew. The pastor
was called in and an all-night prayer meet
ing held. but the spirit seemed to be more
active than ever. A new cap was placed
in jar, which was tightly covered and
placed on a table. When the cap was
taken out it had great hole cut in the top
of it. A singular feature is that the CLOTH
ing of all the members of the family is mu-
tilated, while that of 14-year-old girl liv-
ing in the family is not touched. People
have vacated the house and no further OPP
erations are reported.
"A Southern Michigan youth aspired Ia
the position of an Antrim County school
teacher, so be wended his way TO Bellaire,
where the examination was to be held. Fhe
Circuit Court was in session, and this le-
nighted youth labored under the impression
that the Circuit Court and the school ex-
animation we're the same thing. After
watching the clerk issue witness certificates
for few minutes he came to the conclu-
sion that the recipients were full-fedged
school teachers, 80, motioning one of the
deputy sheriffs aside, he whispered: IL am
in a hurry, and would like to be examined
and get my pay, SO can 60 home in the
morning." The deputy sheriff gazed IN
astonishment for a minute, then gently in
IOrmeu tue b. III. yOutu tnde tho OupOh'ASOhh
had "cut" the doctors bills so badly that
the doctors wouldn't examine any more in
sane cases, SO he had better go home. He
went
"A clever attempt at Jail breaking at
Detroit was discovered by Henry Little
field, the son of the Sheriff, just in time to
prevent it. Young Littlefeld had noticed
that every time he went out the back door
the prisoners in the second ward would
yell. He quietly investigated, and found
chat large stone in the Jail wall had been
dug around until IL was loose enough to be
showed out when the prisoners thought the
proper time had come. The prisoners had
yelled to drown the noise made in loosen
ing the stone, and at night when the ward
was examined they previously filed the
cracks made by taking out the mortar with
bread crumbs. The discovery was made
recently, but in hopes of catching the pris-
ouers at work the Sheriff maintained close
watch until the scheme was eifectually
frustrated. There are several noted burg
lars and crooks in Jail.
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